SHATHA I. HUSSEIN
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Israel vs. No. 2 Pencils
As countless students around the world took the SAT a week ago, Palestinians from the West Bank could not join their ranks. The October SAT exam was cancelled for students in the West Bank: The Israeli authorities held the exams sent by the College Board for weeks, not releasing the tests to AMIDEAST’s office in Ramallah.
Warnings Restrict Harvard Support For Undergraduate Travel
In order to protect its individual travelers and itself as an institution, the College follows State Department advisories to determine whether to support student travel to countries in question.
Political Geographer Discusses Greece's Woes
Prevelakis, a former Tufts affiliate and current professor at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, elaborated on Greece’s interactions with the European Union and talked about the profound implications of Greece’s debt woes in the wake of the financial crisis.
Physicists Develop Quantum Magnet
Harvard physicists at the Greiner Lab recently devised a “quantum magnet” that could aid with the development of high-temperature superconductors and quantum computers and may thereby expand the possibilities for future material science engineering.
HLS Hosts Panel on Human Rights
When it comes to human rights lawyers in China, the Chinese legal system does not hesitate to mark many as enemies, said Yang Jianli, a Chinese dissident and president of Initiatives for China.
Libyan Experts Discuss US Intervention
About two months after the eruption of antigovernment revolts in Benghazi, Libya, a panel of experts sat down yesterday afternoon to evaluate the United States’ intervention in Libya at “After Libya–A Revival of the Age of Intervention?”
Profs Talk Econ of Slavery
Professors and students discussed the deep connection between America’s history of human bondage and its economic ascendancy during a three-day conference at Harvard and Brown University entitled “Slavery’s Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development.”
Brenner Honored for Innovative Research
Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics Michael P. Brenner was awarded the George Ledlie Prize this week.